>>If they have money to build nuclear bombs in India, they have the money to install a simple warning system. Lot of people can be evacuated in couple hours. In this case, all they had to do was to get to higher ground just a few blocks away. How many block can you walk walking four about thirty minutes?
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>Unfortunately, nuclear bombs - or armament in general - seem to be a top priority all over the World. Judging by the dollars spent, it is deemed more important than education, health, ecology, scientific research, or any other public investment.

To their defense, millitary reasearch is often the breeding ground for new inventions for every day use.

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>By shifting priorities just a little bit (say, spending 30% less, World-wide, on setting up the Armageddon), not only 100.000 lives might be saved, but tens, or more likely hundreds, of millions, plus a lot of other benefits.

I would say less then 30%. I think the bigger question is why does a country like India need nuclear bomb? Don't they have bigger worries like hunger, poverty and over population?